Graham Geraghty possibly the most complete footballer there ever was. In any era he had the ability to be top notch. Definitely the most under rated, when we talk about Ireland's greatest should be way further up the list.

Meath had a strange ability to transfer good defenders into good forwards during Boylans era. Geraghty, Martin OíConnell and I seem to remember Brendan Reilly made the same move to good effect too. All good players with good all round skills I suppose.[/quote

Austin Gleeson was misdiagnosed in action in last year's AIF.The Ulster football champions have done very little recently.

Gleeson is a very gifted hurler. The problem is that McGrath and Waterford don't know where to play him to get the best out of him. He himself needs to play for the team a bit more as well.

He's only 22 or 23.

He has a lot of potential but Waterford needed him to step up and he didn't. Players who can boss the play n the last 10 minutes of an AIF have the mark of greatness. Maybe he will have it in a few years.

The problem with being an overrated Gaa player is that the player themselves never have anything to do with the Hype. They are just going out doing their best. It's usually a local newspaper or a lazy pundit looking for the next best thing that creates the expectation.

On a bit of a tangent perhaps, an issue for some lads given a bit of media/ social-media attention is that they begin to define themselves as "the hurler" or the "footballer" instead of recognizing that this is just something that they are quite good at but its not the only thing about them that is positive in the sense of being a well rounded contributor to general society. I reckon this can result in all sorts of issues for the player and his mental health particularly when things don't go to plan. We live in a cruel world where we think we somehow own these lads and are entitled to their very best every day, always ready to throw them under a bus when we don't get it.If the player is not equipped to deal with this then they could be in a whole heap of trouble.That said, how have we as parents and coaches allowed and continue to allow this to happen?

Of course there have been some magnificent defenders down through the years, but when talking about the best footballers in the country / in an era, etc, forwards have to top the list. Much easier to stop someone playing than to keep the scores going when under pressure from the best of defenders.

a lot of players on very successful teams are over rated. football at its heart is a team game and one player cant make that much difference , in basketball for instance a player is 1/5 th of a team but a footballer is only 1/15.but journalist/Fans are always looking for the Star and often just settle for the top scorer,

Of course there have been some magnificent defenders down through the years, but when talking about the best footballers in the country / in an era, etc, forwards have to top the list. Much easier to stop someone playing than to keep the scores going when under pressure from the best of defenders.

As of today, Conor McManus is the best player in the country.

Wouldn't agree, some of the best pure footballers over the years have been defenders and the 3 of the last 6 footballers of the year was defenders and the current footballer of the year started out at county level as a defender as did Conor McManus.

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Of course there have been some magnificent defenders down through the years, but when talking about the best footballers in the country / in an era, etc, forwards have to top the list. Much easier to stop someone playing than to keep the scores going when under pressure from the best of defenders.

As of today, Conor McManus is the best player in the country.

Wouldn't agree, some of the best pure footballers over the years have been defenders and the 3 of the last 6 footballers of the year was defenders and the current footballer of the year started out at county level as a defender as did Conor McManus.

Itís very hard to make the case McManus is better footballer than Lee Leegan.

Of course there have been some magnificent defenders down through the years, but when talking about the best footballers in the country / in an era, etc, forwards have to top the list. Much easier to stop someone playing than to keep the scores going when under pressure from the best of defenders.

As of today, Conor McManus is the best player in the country.

Wouldn't agree, some of the best pure footballers over the years have been defenders and the 3 of the last 6 footballers of the year was defenders and the current footballer of the year started out at county level as a defender as did Conor McManus.

Itís very hard to make the case McManus is better footballer than Lee Leegan.

Far from hard in my opinion. An absolute gem who delivers every day...... and that's not dissing Lee Keegan

Conor McManus - "best player in the country". How ironic is that comment in a thread discussing overrated players.

Don't get me wrong he's a good player alright but if he is to be judged to the same standards as others he is nowhere near it.

No score from play when Monaghan quietly slipped out of the championship last year to Dublin.1 point from play the year before when they got beat by Longford and a measly 2 from play the year before that when they went out to Tyrone

Conor McManus - "best player in the country". How ironic is that comment in a thread discussing overrated players.

Don't get me wrong he's a good player alright but if he is to be judged to the same standards as others he is nowhere near it.

No score from play when Monaghan quietly slipped out of the championship last year to Dublin.1 point from play the year before when they got beat by Longford and a measly 2 from play the year before that when they went out to Tyrone